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Dislocation dynamics and vacancy diffusion in refractory metals and multi-principal element alloys.
The role of slip localization in cyclic fatigue using discrete slip band crystal plasticity modeling.
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Modeling the Development and Transmission of Slip Bands in Polycrystalline Materials.
Role of crystal orientation and void location on void growth in polycrystalline metals.
Investigating intragranular deformation behavior of polycrystalline nickel-base superalloys using crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM).
Thermally activated glide mechanisms in refractory body centered cubic metals and multi-principal element alloys.
Microstructure-based modeling of Ni-base superalloys, cyberinfrastructure for structural materials informatics, and non-destructive evaluation.
Thermo-mechanical constitutive modeling and defect-mediated mechanical behavior.
Magneto-structural coupling effects, defect structures, and mechanical properties of intermetallic materials.
Investigating the origins of fatigue damage in polycrystalline nickel-based superalloys by studying intragranular deformation via coupled simulations and experiments.
Employing multi-scale computational models, encompassing first-principle calculations, atomistic simulations, phase-field dislocation dynamics, and FFT-based crystal plasticity models, in order to investigate the deformation mechanisms exhibited by pure metals, magnesium alloys, and high-entropy alloys.
Crystal plasticity modeling to understand interactions between slip and deformation twinning in hexagonal close packed alloys.
Dislocation Morphology and Mobility on the Slip Planes of Hexagonal Close-Packed Materials
Mapping of crystallographic geometrically necessary dislocation densities using three-dimensional microstructural data with varied processing histories.
Multi-scale materials modeling in chemically and structurally complex materials such as multi-principal element alloys and metallic nanolaminates.